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When the gray-clad soldiers of the 49th North Carolina formed a line of battle on the old Somerton Road near Suffolk early on the morning of March 9, 1864, they were already bone tired and foot sore. Nearly two weeks of tough marches and skirmishes in their home state had sucked the life from their legs — and they were hard-pressed when ordered to move out on the double quick in pursuit of an unseen foe. More than one Tarheel later recalled the pain and fatigue as they pushed three miles through the sand in a blind chase toward the gabled roofs and church spires of Suffolk. Then a Confederate rider galloped up to urge them on, galvanizing their worn-out limbs with the revelation...

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